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2024

Biden Compares Trump to Nazis in 2024 Campaign Launch

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During the launching of his 2024 reelection campaign on Friday with a significant speech, US President Joe Biden delivered a pivotal speech wherein he accused Donald Trump of drawing comparisons with Nazi Germany and sounded a cautionary note about what he perceived as a threat to democracy.

US President Joe Biden leveled accusations at Donald Trump, alleging that he was echoing Nazi Germany. In a major speech, Biden also issued a cautionary message regarding what he saw as a threat to democracy.

"He's willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power," the 81-year-old Democrat said of his likely Republican rival on the eve of the third anniversary of the January 6 Capitol attack. Furthermore, he accused the tycoon and his supporters of persistently endorsing political violence ahead of the 2024 vote.

Biden emphasized, "He goes so far as to talk about the blood of Americans being poisoned, echoing the very language used in Nazi Germany," a statement met with enthusiastic chants from supporters rallying for "four more years.""Donald Trump's campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. He's willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power," Biden said in the speech delivered in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Biden's address marked an aggressive start to the year, highlighting the fact that he either lags behind or is in a closely contested position with Trump, his 2020 rival, according to recent polls.

Poll Worries

The president's attack on Trump followed criticism from some Democrats, according to which the Biden campaign has gotten off to a slow start.

Biden currently trails behind Trump in certain polls, and he also holds the lowest approval rating of any modern president at this stage in his term of office.

The president has struggled to persuade voters that the economy is on an upswing. Despite additional job growth in the US during December, he conceded in a statement on Friday that "some prices are still too high for too many Americans."

Migration continues to be a significant challenge, internal party divisions persist over his endorsement of Israel's conflict with Hamas, and his efforts to secure additional funds for Ukraine face opposition in Congress.

However, Biden's most notable vulnerability may be his age, being the oldest president in American history. He has experienced a series of trips and verbal slips that have drawn attention and concern.

"If the election were held tomorrow, President Biden would lose," William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told AFP.

Nevertheless, the Pennsylvania speech highlighted that the Biden campaign is emphasizing a clear choice between him and Trump, even though the competition for the Republican nomination won't officially commence until the Iowa caucuses on January 15.

Biden's first TV ad of the year warned this week of an "extremist" threat to democracy, featuring images of the Capitol attack set to dramatic music.

Khalil Wakim, with AFP